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sellout

[ sel-out ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal. a person who compromises their personal values, integrity, talent, etc., for money or personal advancement.
Informal. a person who betrays a cause, organization, or the like; traitor.
an act or instance of selling out.
an entertainment, as a show or athletic event, for which all the seats are sold.

Origin of sellout¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase sell out

If one is a person of color and a conservative, one must then be an Uncle Tom, a sellout to his or her race.

But if you live on tea party planet, Boehner has been a sellout.

The contention was that a sellout was taking place led by, of all people, Richard Nixon, who originally exposed Alger Hiss.

Ideological polarization, however, eviscerates the center by treating compromise as a sellout.

It also requires that liberals think differently about politics and not interpret every Obama shortcoming as some kind of sellout.

"That was the dirtiest sellout I've ever heard, Manning," Tom growled.

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